Aeronautical garment.



1. BAKos. AERoNAuTlcAL GARMENT. APPLICATION FILED OCT. I8. l9`l7`.

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Patented Jan .22,1918.

L BAKos. AEHoNAunAL GARMNL APPLICATION: FILED OCT-181 IQIT- 1 Patented Jan. 22,1918.

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l To all whom it may concern) llil the body in its -normal inoperative position,

the -usiial wearing apparel to lie a ljacent means being provided to cause a portion thereof to be removed to operative position to act as a parachute to lessen the fall of the aeronaut should any part oi the flying' machine become broken to` cause one to jump therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment for vaeronauts lincluding a' body, bloomer and skirt sections, with means for4 normally holding lthe skirt section in position adjacent the bloomer and to further provide means for releasing the skirt section to caus'ethe same to move outwardly to perform the usual function of a arachute in decreasing the speed of the escent of the wearer. With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the l.tion of the invention is .better understood, the same consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully descri ed, illustrated in vthe accompanying drawings, "and pointed out in the appended claims. l

In the drawings formin a party of this application, and in which- 'ke designating charactersv refer to 'corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe garment with the skirt. section -distended to parachute position. v

Fig. 2 is afront. elevational View of a portion of the arment, with the skirt Section and waist and shown in section. l l

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of'a porarment with one of, the skirt distending ri s in operative position.

Fig. 4 1s a'detail plan viewmfja portion of the `garment illustratin the manner of retaining the skirt distending ribs in inoperative position, and,

pecinoation o! petten Patent. Application tiled October 1B, 1917. Serial No. 197,298.

Patented Jan. 22, 1918.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the ISkin ribs.

A large number of serious accidents are caused by tlying'machines becoming inoperative or broken while in operation by inability of the aeronaut or driver of the machine vbeing able to make his esca e in a safe manner, which results in the eatli of a large number of ersons. The present invention therefore aims to` rovide a garment.; for aeronauts in whic the garment may be worn over the usual wearing apparel and securely iiz'ed tothe body," the same in no manner hindering the usual Vbody movements and further being of such construction and weight as to be whollyunobjectionable in its use.- Three principal arts constitute the garment, a body section, loomer section, and a skirt section, the skirt section bein` normally held in position .adjacent the loomer4 section when in inoperative position but to be distended to a substantia ly parachute form as indicated by manually-controlled means, should occasion arise to' compel the aeonaut to jump from the machine. The device is extremely simple in construction and operation, ,inexs pensive to manufacture, and fis believed to be a material advance in the art to which it relates.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawings, the reference numeral 10 designates the body section of the garment, l1 the bloomer section, and 12 the skirt section, these arts being formed of any suitable material, -such as water-proofed fabric or the like.

section andA skirt section is provided with an opening 13 to permit the garment being positioned on the ody, and this opening is closed by the lacing' 14 while the front up lerend of the bloomer section 11 is-prov1 ed with the usual front opening 15 closed by a lacin cord as shown in Fig.- 1.f That portion o the skirt section provided with The front of the bodythe front opening is closed by a iiap closure 16, the said flap and skirt 12 being provided with eoperating hooks and eyes 17. In position on the body, the garment is caused to snugly engage the same by the lacing 14 and the closure iiap 16. The lower ends of v thevbloomersjll are securely fastened about the'knees of the wearer bythe buckle and strap connections 18.

` 'A waist-band section is positioned in wardly: of the garment and-constitutes the upper end of .the bloomer section, the same sistsoi` cords 30 Secured at their ends to the skirt section 12 andthe bloomers 11 by-eye- 'being Show/amore in aan on shea a of the drawings, and comprises` the fabric strip 19 stitched to the upper end of' the `bloolnersll as at 20 to provide a central passage-way or guide for a waist-band relnforcmg ring 21 that may be formed of either bone or metal the principal object of the same being to hold the waist-band in circular -form about the body. The'upper lrow of stitching l also constitutes the y means by which the bloomers are secured to the skirt section.

The skirt -section'i12 is adapted `to norv `mally assume the position shown in 2 to lieadjacent the bloomers and be out of the way of the wearer and in no manner hinder his movements, y To cause the skirt section to assume its. position, I have provided,v the ribs shown in detail in Fig. 5 which consists of` a shankv portion 22 provided with an eye 23 at its outer end, by whichthe same is secured to the lower edge of the skirt section. The upper end of the t shank 22 is bent to provide a spring coil 24,-

f stantially parallel to the said shank 22 so soy I shown in Fig. 5 is inverted and the extended end- 25v projected ythrough the opening 26 withthe end 25 normally projected subthat when the rib is lattached to the garment iny a manner to be described, the same will have a natural tendency toswing outwardly. To attach `the rib to the garment, the rib provided in the waist-band strip 19, so that "the extended end will be in position between the upper endy of the bloomers and -the waist-band section 19 as clearly indicated on Sheet 2. The rib 22 is then swung outwardly 28 -carried by ther bloomer section.

V.forcin`,c, pads 29 are secured to the bloomers' 11 in any preferred manner, as by stitching,` vand constitute and downwardlyto the position shown 1n Figs. 2 and ,3, against the tension of thecoil 24 and to hold the saine in 'position ad- 'lacent the -.bloomers, I haveprovided angle looks 27 suitably positionedV on theribs 22 and-'adapted to be engaged.v by vhinged llings elnring's .28. l Means are provided'to limit the outward movement of the descendingribs and conthe support for the hinged lets 31, the .same Vbeing held taut when the tothe lower ends ofthe reinforcin 'skirt is vdistended to parachute position as `shown in Fig. 3.'

As before statedpthe is adapted to normally lie ad]acen t the bloomers and means 4are provided to cause theribfhooks i 21' to ybe disengaged `from the=rings *28, the

same consisting of a second ring 32 hinged pads 29 and-operating cords 33 passing ough '1 said rings atoneend and'continulng to be connected to the' ring 28. These operating cords pass through openings 34 suitably positioned aboutthe lower end of the skirt section, and as shown, two of these cords terminate in a single extension 35, which passes throughan eyelet 36 adjacent the waist line of the garment. It will be therefore seen that when the operating cord 33 is given a pull, the ring 28 will be moved from the position shown 1n Figs. 2 and 4 to the position shown in Fig. 3 to disengage the rib hook 27 therefrom,l at which time the tension of the coil spring 24 will be per mitted to assert itself and cause the ribs 22 to swing'outwardly to the position shown in Fig. 3 and be limited bythe reinforcing cords30,

From the above detailed description of the device, it is believed that the operation and construction thereof is readily apparent, and while-I have shown and described the preferred embodiments of the invention, I do not wish to confine myself thereto, as va riousforms, modifications and arrangements of the parts may be made without departing from the splrit and scope of the invention Vas claimed.

What I claim as new is 1. An aeronauts garment comprising a body section, bloomer section yand a skirt section, and coperating means carried by the skirt section and bloomer section adapted to hold the skirt section in position adjacent the bloomer section, the said means carried by the skirt section when released from the means coperating 4 therewith ladapted to distend the skirt section to para chute position.

2. An aeronauts suit comprising a body, section, a bloomer section, a lskirt, section, spring ribs connected to said bloomer and` skirt section and adapted to normally force 'the lskirt section4 outwardly, and coperating means carried/ by the ribs and bloom v ers to hold the. ribs and skirt section in inoperative position adjacent the bloomers.

3; An aeronauts suit comprising a bloomer .section and a skirt section, ribs carried by the bloomer and skirt section, each rib i lncluding a shank, the upper end of said shank beingwconvoluted to form a spring, an extension carried by said spring adapted for securing` the rib to the bloomer section,

rib shank, y a hinged ringi;V carried -by the bloomer section adapted to engage said hook to hold. the same normally adjacent. the bloomers, and manually-operable means for releasing the ring from the hook to pera hook carried intermediate the ends of the mit the skirt section and ribs tovbe dis-V 

